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☉︎ ⚹︎ ♂︎ Sun sextile Mars
The sextile puts the Sun and Mars on friendly terms: an opportunity between the core self and the will to act that rewards a little initiative.
The Sun governs selfhood, confidence, and creative vitality; Mars governs drive, courage, and appetite. Read the aspect as the working relationship between them.
The sextile offers a working relationship: when the Sun reaches toward desire, courage, and conflict, the door is usually open, though someone still has to walk through it.
Well used, it looks like a steady, generous sense of who you are and courage that is well aimed in quiet agreement. Poorly used, the same ease slides into pride that has to be the center, since comfort rarely demands a correction.
Timing matters. When the Sun forms this sextile to Mars in the sky, it is a temporary weather system that comes and goes. Held in a natal chart, it describes something the person carries for life.
Here the sextile joins Sun (identity and vitality) with Mars (drive and desire), held 60° apart.
Right now
Sun and Mars currently stand about 56.6° apart, inside the 5° orb, so this sextile is active on the clock. Watch it move on the live clock.
When: past and next exact sextiles
| 26 June 2025 | most recent |
| 14 September 2026 | upcoming |
| 4 August 2027 | upcoming |
Computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Where these two stand today
Related sextiles
In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about sextiles · all aspects.